This marks the first time in tournament history that a Women’s Cricket World Cup will be officiated entirely by women, a feat made possible by the ICC’s work across many years to support, elevate and empower women in cricket.

OK this latest press release from the ICC has seriously pissed me off.

The VERY FIRST World Cup in 1973 was entirely umpired by women.

Maybe pause a minute from puffing yourselves up to read a history book? (I can recommend a good one... 😂)

www.icc-cricket.com/media-releas...

1887 chart of lighthouses in aotearoa nz

1887 chart of lighthouses in aotearoa and the distances their light can be seen from - very cool and even better zoomed in!

raukawa moana looking almost cosy

from archives nz:

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Shame on you Winston Peters and all other govt MPs !! Spineless and despicable #FreePalestine #nzpol

Taiaroa Lighthouse Collection: Otago Daily Times Collection | Read the full record details for Snapshop Photo: Taiaroa Lighthouse

Taiaroa Head lighthouse, oldest working lighthouse in Te Waipounamu & second oldest in the country (built 1864) apparently built from stone quarried on site

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“As for so-called "civility"-this is 1 more way wealthy white women silence dissent. I refuse to be "civil" in the face of incivil policies & legislation that target working class women. This is class war & deserves to be treated as such. Civility has no place in this attack on the working classes.”

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This is the worst punishment handed down EVER in our history. The worst on record was 3 days! When Tangata whenua resist, colonial powers reach for maximum penalty. This is a warning shot to all of us to fall in line. E kore rawa matau e tuohu!
#toitūtetiriti #toitūtemanamāori
#NZPol

Found it. 'The Impact of Equal Pay on Poverty and the Economy', a report put out by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, which shows that "Providing equal pay to women… would cut [family] poverty in half, falling from 8.0 percent to 3.8 percent".
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"White women, who enjoy proximal power from their association with white men, have often served as the white patriarchy’s most eager foot soldiers”
@rtraister.bsky.social

the stunning Ricky Ley is soft releasing old demos for Te Marama Puoro, here's my fav so far

so tropical/shades ✨️

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Protestors gathered in support of trans rights

Proud to have been at the biggest ever rally for trans rights in Ōtepoti Dunedin

Oh hey Erica Stanford lied to us again, the "replacement" relationship and sexuality guidelines have removed all mention of gender diversity, don't include menstruation until year 7, and erase Māori / Pasifika perspectives, so get your submission typing fingers ready insideout.org.nz/make-an-urge...

The Transfeminist Manifesto by Emi Koyama @eminism.org is another text I'm glad to have read:

"sex and gender are both socially constructed; furthermore, the distinction
between sex and gender is artificially drawn as a matter of convenience"

(Winston's "biological reality" is just rubbish)

A trans history of gay liberation in New Zealand Trans women – particularly Māori trans women – were 'the very first freedom fighters in the gay movement'.

Always in awe of Will Hansen's work but especially loved this piece -- Trans communities were the 'backbone' of gay lib in aotearoa.

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The moment Peters and his ilk start addressing our rates of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, pay equity, safeguarding access to abortion…is the moment I say

Well done, now you’re addressing women’s rights.

Cis men are the biggest predators of cis women.

The end.

If you actually wanted to protect women you'd be spending zero energy trying to define us and one thousand energy trying to eradicate intimate partner violence. #nzpol

Defend the Internet Archive. Protect the Wayback Machine. Tell the music labels: Drop the 78s lawsuit. Sign our open letter on change.org

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.

At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.

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One person standing in front of a glacier

Two people in front of a red tramping hut

Brewster hut & glacier from our trip at the end of Poutū-te-rangi

My photo shows the ruins of an eight-sided Roman brick lighthouse with four stepped levels. There is a doorway at ground level and narrow rectangular window openings above on the upper three levels. It stands 15.8 m high and is 12.2 metres wide at the base. Roman fabric survives to a height of 12.5 m. The brickwork of the uppermost level was reconstructed for use as a church bell tower, for the adjacent Anglo-Saxon church of St Mary in Castro of which a small portion can be seen in my photo. The Pharos is dated 1st century - early 2nd century AD and is one of a pair originally built on the headland flanking each side of the Roman port of Dubris (Dover). It now stands within the grounds of Dover Castle.

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years!

The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire. 1st-2nd century AD.

📷 by me

#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology

Screenshot of the front cover of the digital zine "DIY web archiving", which has large-sized text stating: "Things disappear from the internet. Care about stuff on the web? You need to act to archive it. Anyone can do it—this zine shows you how."

#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so

'Argo' is also the ship from Jason & the golden fleece & is derived from Greek ᾰ̓ργός which apparently gives us both shining/swift & idle - would love an etymology person to explain!

Crayfishing boat 'Argo' in Piopiotahi, Milford Sound 1954

📷 K V Bigwood

From archives nz:

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Putting Patients First: Modernising health workforce regulation | Ministry of Health NZ This discussion document considers options for modernising New Zealand’s regulation of the health workforce. It supports public consultation on this topic.

#nzpol

This seems a little bit important.

"On 28 March 2025, the Ministry published a discussion document: Putting Patients First: Modernising health workforce regulation."

Submissions due 30 April
www.health.govt.nz/publications...

(I always forget carrier pigeons were real)

My favorite anecdote from Frances Walsh's write up about the 1909 keeper & his son:

"Pigeons sometimes landed on the lighthouse, after losing their bearings during delivery missions or races. James managed to return them to their owners, if he could read their leg bands"

Bean Rock lighthouse, Waitematā Harbour

First lit in 1871 & renovated in 1985 it is Aotearoa's only remaining wave-washed lighthouse & also was the very first to be automated in 1912

📷 Henry Winkelmann 1905 (Auckland Library Heritage Collections 1-W0035)

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Job cuts on the way for Department of Corrections and Archives NZ, union says The PSA said the changes would lead to a net loss of 49 roles at Corrections including in health and safety and learning and development.

The loss of so many highly-skilled staff from Archives NZ and the National Library will inevitably have a detrimental impact for researchers.

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Learning stuff here everyday. ✨ Did you know that the Great Exhibition here in Ōtepoti Dunedin got more than 3 million visitors? With the last exhibition in 1925 - exactly 100 years ago.

Apparently with all the tram tickets sold, they built the current Dunedin town hall. 😱

None the Wiser, by Males 9 track album

This beautiful album turns 9 today 🌻 malesmalesmales.bandcamp.com/album/none-t...

Do you live near a women's suffrage memorial? Help researchers at Aix-Marseille uni to map it alongside hundreds of others.
Celebrate and value global histories of democracy and feminist activism - a powerful message given ebbing support in the twenty-first century
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